单词 | myzont |
释义 | myzontn.adj. Zoology. Now historical and rare. A. n. A member of the class of fishes which includes the lampreys; a cyclostome. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > order Cyclostomata or Marsipobranchi > member of cyclostome1835 suctorian1842 marsipobranch1856 myzont1860 purse gill1863 marsipobranchiate1870 1860 Proc. Acad. Arts & Sci. 4 9 [Reporting an address by Prof. Louis Agassiz on 8 Dec. 1857] The four classes, then, among the fishes are the Selachians, the Ganoids, Fishes proper, and Myzonts. 1882 T. Gill in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 5 516 The Myzonts or Marsipobranchiates. 1910 Science 23 Dec. 925/2 He [sc. Agassiz] divided the fishes into four classes: (1) Selachians, (2) ganoids, (3) fishes proper, (4) myzonts (= cyclostomes). Cyclostomous. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Myzont, sucking or suctorial, as a lamprey or hag; of or pertaining to the Myzontes; cyclostomous or marsipobranchiate, as a fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1860 |
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